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*Spi!ornis cheela albidns. Lesser Serpent Eagle. c/l,c/I (full sets). 

 From S. India. Very rare in collections ; one egg is hand- 

 somely marked, the other white. 



*Spilornis cheela spilogaster. Ceylon Serpent Eagle, c/1. Travancore, 

 S. India. A very rare egg. 



*Haliaetus albicilla groenlandicus. Greenland White-tailed Eagle. 

 2/1. A larger egg than in the European form. 



Elanoides forficatus forficaUis. Swallow-tailed Kite. c/2. Lincoln 

 Co., New Mexico, May 13th, 1890; nest was also in a cotton 

 wood tree. 



*Milvus migrans arabicus. Arabian Kite. 3/2. S. Arabia. Eggs 

 are smaller and more richly marked than those of M. m. 

 cBgypiiiis. 



Mill' us lineal us. Black-eared Kite. Five eggs from China comprise 

 clutches of 3 and 2 successively laid in the same nest, a most 

 beautiful and interesting set. 



*Rostrhainus sociabilis plumbeiis. Northern Everglade Kite. c/3. 

 Florida. Nest of sticks and weed stalks, lined with dead leaves, 

 in low bush overgrown with vines. Extremely rare and 

 beautiful eggs. 



Elanus leucnrus majuscuhis. White-tailed Kite. I have a beautiful 

 set of 4 from California. Rare eggs in collections. 



Baza leuphotes. Crested Cuckoo Falcon. A set of 2 of this rare 

 species. 



*Avicedajerdomceylonensis. Ceylon Cuckoo Falcon, c/2. White, 

 like the eggs of Baza leuphotes, but larger. 



*Falco severus indicus. Central Indian Hobby, c/2. 



*Falco subbtiteo jugurlha. North African Hobby, c/2. Tunisia. 



Falco columbarius columbariits. Pigeon Hawk. c/4. Ontario. 

 The eggs of the North American forms of Merlin are all rare in 

 collections. 



Falco peregrinus peregrinus. Peregrine Falcon. One white egg, 

 taken by Dunn in the Orkneys, in my series has passed through 

 several collections as a Goshawk's egg, and gave colour to the 

 story that the latter bred in the Orkneys. It shows some faint 

 reddish specks and is evidently a Peregrine's egg. 



Falco peregrinus anatum. American Peregrine Falcon, c/4. Cali- 

 fornia. Scarce in collections. 



Falco peregrinus pealei. Peale's Falcon, c/4. Forester's Island, 

 Alaska. Extremely dark and handsome eggs. 



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